Tire



ASIAS TOBIN TIRE v Filed Jan. 22, 1925 away to Patented dan. 22, i924.

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v NAT L. TREN, 0F CHICAGO, ILO.

lapplication med January t2, 1h23. Qerial No. 6145,129.

' Tok all whom it may concern:

Beit known that l, NATHAN L. Torna, a subject of the present Government of Russia, and a resident of Chicago, Cook County, and State of illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements inTires, of which the following is declared to be a full, clear, and exact description. j

This invention relates to tires, and. its principal object is to provide a tire which shall be substantially proof against puncn tures by nails, tacks, glass or other sharp objects. Another object is to provide a tire casing having an armored or protecting inedium embedded in the tread portion there/oi, and composed orl thin metal or other inoper-a forable material which extends in straight lines across said tread portion trom wall to wall. Another object is to provide an armor for protecting the inner tube against punc tures from external objects, which armor is iienible and resilient, and does not interiore with the freedom ol operation of the pneu matic tube. Another object is to provide a tire having an armored tread portion, eineV bodying normally fiat, overlappino1 metal strips which extend from wall to wall of the casing, and are secured together by fabric strips and an interposed rubber or elastic element, whereby the metal strips are prevented romworking themselves around in the tire. @their objects and advantages will appear in the course of this speciication, and with all ot said objects and advantages in view, this invention consists in the sev= eral novel features ci construction, i'nrange1 ment and combination of parts hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanyinging drawing,in which:

Fig. 1 1s a perspective view of a frag ment of a tire', embodying a simple form ci the present invention, partly broken outl to illustrate parts that would otherwise be hid den; Fig. 2 is a plan of a fragment of the armored band employed in the construction of the tire, certain portions being broken illustrate parts underneath the' broken away portions; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a fragment of said armored band "after it has been assembled but before the parts have been riveted together; Fig. 4 is a 'p cross section taken on the linea-4 of Fig.

2 andFig. 5 is a plan of one of the metal plates which is used in the construction of the armored band.

Referring to said drawing, the reference character 6 designates a fragment of a tire casing, embodying a simple form. of the present invention; 7 designates the inner or t@ pneumatic tube having the usual valve 8, and 9 designates a rim upon which the tire is secured, in accord-ance with any oia the well blown methods.

The tire casing is substantially channel @5i shaped in cross section, the side walls 10 thereof being normally fiat and parallel, and the tread portion 11, which connects said side walls, being normally straight across at all places on its inner tace, but having l@ an external tread tace 12, oij any design, asmay be found desirable. Yllhe side walls and tread portions are reeniorced by layers of tire fabric, or other suitable material, as

shown at 13,' 14e and-between the layers 13 75 and 1t, at the tread portion of the tire, is interposed the armcred'band 15 which en tends from wall to wall ci the casing andis vulcanized to and made an integral part ci? the tire casing.

The armored band 15 is made up oita layers ont tire fabric 16, 17, between which is an imperiorable element, comprising, as shown herein, normally dat, overlapping, metal plates 18 that are embedded in and spaced away `trom the fabric strips 16, 17 by rubber or the like 19. Each plate overlies an adjacent one and underlies another adjacent one. The tire fabric strips 16, 17, metal plates 18, and rubber portions 19 are se- 9@ cured together by rivets or the like 20, whereby when the armored band is in use in the tire, the metal plates thereot may not worlr around or become dis laced.

rllhe armored band is ma lengths and in making uY the band a strip ot tire fabric 17, prefere ly frictioned om one or more faces, is lirst laid down and thereafter a rubber strip 19a (see F. 3 and It) which the metal plates 18 and rubber pieces 19b ot the same size and shape as the metal plates, are laid upon the rubber strip 19 with the ends ci the metal plates 18 and rubber pieces 19 overlapping, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3, and t ereafter a second rubber strip 19, is laid upon the overlaping metal plates and the second strip of tire fabric 16 is placed upon the rubber strip 19. This tire abrio stri 16 may frictioned upon one or th of its faes, as is found desirable. The 'fabric strips,

e up in suitable @5 is laid upon the tire fabric, after lm also be mi rubber and metal plates are thereupon riveted together by the rivets 20, to form a unitary structure, capable of being conveniently handled in building up a tire casglin forming the tire casing, the armored band is placed between the layers 13, 14 ot the casing fabric at the tread portion, as is clearly Seen in Fig. 1, and the whole is covered with the usual rubber exterior portion 21 and vulcanized to form one integral mass. The rubber strips 19a, 19 and rubber pieces 19b become united during the vulcanizing process, as is clearly seen in Fig. 1, and the metal plates are consequently embedded in the rubber portion 19. The overlapping ends of the metal plates are spaced Jfrom each other by the interposed rubber, whereby the metal plates do not contact but are rendered capable of slight independent movement relative to each other; because of their fixed connection with the strips 16, 17 they are kept from dis lacement, and from working around in the ody of the tire oast should be observed that with the use of a tire casing of channel like cross section, having an inner bottom face, which extends in straight lines from side to side or wall to wall that an armored band may be employed, which uses normally straight metal plates extending from wall to wall of the a esmas tire casing. As a result, the vulnerable portions of the inner tube are protected against. injury from sharp objects, thus providing a casing;- which is practically puncture proof.

llorc or less Variation of the exact details of construction is possible veit-hout departing from the spirit of this invention; l desire, therefore, not to limit myself to the exact form of the construction shown and described, but intend, in the following claim, to point out all of the invention disclosed herein.

lt claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent: v

ln a tire, a tire casing, comprising a generally channel shaped vulcanized body portion composed of layers of fabric and rubber, the bottom of the channel extending across in straight lines from wall to wall of the body portion, and an armored band contained in the tread portion of the casing between said layers of fabric, and having overlapping, Hat, non-contacting metal plates embedded in rubber between fabric strips and riveted to said fabric strips to prevent any appreciable movement between said plates, said plates and fabric strips extending in straight lines across the tread portion from wall to wall, and each plate overlying an adjacent one and underlying another adjacent one.

NATHAN L. TOBN. 

